The London Park That Used To Be A Duelling Ground

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[koreboii]

So "Most disputes die and no one shoots" wasn't an exaggeration for story effect 😮

[memeshort]

Pistol Duels were fought, usually with high-quality guns made specifically for Dueling. They were highly accurate for their time, and they were often rifled in some way in the 19th century. Especially in Europe. Duels typically took place at about 40 feet, and the pistols were accurate at this range. They were deadly, specially made weapons, higher in quality than military arms of the time.

[senji]

The amount of trust these hateful people had for each other honestly warms my heart.

[promontorium]

I have a budding theory that the reason duelling locations were so argued and mulled over (hence duelling grounds becoming a thing) is because anyone pissed off enough to be in a duel is going to be nitpicky and argumentative about everything. Probably why duelling had so many rigid rules overall. If you wanted out, you'd want an official excuse, if you really wanted in, you'd be arguing everything and looking for any edge. Rules allowed for either outcome, just streamlined a bit.

[cremebrulee]

I had never heard that duels rarely resulted in shooting at each other. It's nice to know that there was some common sense that kicked in.

[Utuber]

The 1800’s version of “hold me back bro” or “don’t let me step to you bruv”

[zacmumblethunder]

In the opening scenes of "The Wrong Box", a duel is taking place and when the participants are about to fire, they both move thair aim to the referee and shoot him instead.

[SanctifiedSwordOfChrist]

damn even beefing in the victorian era was respectful

[yuurichito]

Imagine you miss your shot on purpose and the opponent goes: "I have you now"

[AW-tkkf]

Why is the video of this not available in my country but the short is?

[Rodniikun]

Hey, CVS2 reference. That was unexpected

[angelabarlow]

I love learning and watching about history❤❤. This one's pretty cool, it happened on the day i was born the last duel but only 146 YEARS before my birth! So neat❤

[RaheemNdegeocello]

Need to bring this back win, lose draw, we gotta get down

[drzor]

There really should be some kind of thing to to remember those commandments idk a song could work well what do yall think

[Poppaea-Sabina]

In Barry Lyndon, Barry loses his leg in a duel from an infected wound

[Hydroflazmo]

They replaced duels with knife attacks

[Thomas.jefferson-bi]

You used a picture of Hamilton and Burr dueling eachother

[creamcakes]

I remember they did this in Bridgerton with The Duke and The Viscount

[eligerman]

I’m sure western duels were intended to be lethal

[josephmiller]

This just reminds me of the duel in Family Guy between Sir Joseph Broadfront and Sir Henry Giantholeinthetorso 😂